[Savannah-hackers-public] Re: Savannah Improvement

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

'sh bootstrap' is only necessary when downloading directly from the
Git repository. When you get a Savane release tarball (.tar.gz), this
step is already done by the autoconf build system.

Perhaps we need a note for us developers who work straight with Git :)

-- 
Sylvain

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 07:57:07AM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi Sylvain,
>
> I think I missed the statement
> sh bootstrap
> I'm checking now what it does.
>
> I tried to follow the steps in the INSTALL file which does not mention  
> the bootstrap instructions.
>
> Thanks,
> Dani
>
> Quoting Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Here's the procedure I followed:
>>
>>   git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/savane-cleanup
>>   cd savane-cleanup/
>>   sh bootstrap
>>   cd tests/minimal_configs/
>>   make install
>>   $browser http://localhost:50080/
>>
>> --
>> Sylvain
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 07:14:35PM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
>>> I just tried
>>> make install
>>> in the minimal_configs directory.
>>>
>>> Dani
>>>
>>> Quoting Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden>:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> The file is ac_config.php but it is generated by ./configure from
>>>> ac_config.php.in.
>>>>
>>>> What commands did you type in minimal_configs/ ?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Sylvain
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 01:46:29AM -0300, Dani Berg wrote:
>>>>> Hi Sylvain,
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, just fixed the wiki ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> Like I mentioned before I'm checking the cleanup code.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying the minimal_configs approach. Some things went wrong.
>>>>> Probably some settings on my machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> First thing I noticed was a php error to include a file. In the init.php
>>>>> (frontend/php/include/) line 81 there's a statement
>>>>> require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/ac_config.php');
>>>>> It turns out that the filename is ac_config.php.in
>>>>>
>>>>> I renamed the file and that leads me now to a page with the following
>>>>> error message
>>>>>
>>>>> Failed to connect to database: Unknown database 'savane'
>>>>> Please contact as soon as possible server administrators address@hidden
>>>>> Until this problem get fixed, you will not be able to use this site.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just to let you know. I'm reading the make procedure to see what can be
>>>>> done.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Dani
>>>>> ps.: sorry for the misspelling in my previous email
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 20:17 +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
>>>>> > On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 10:00:16AM -0300, Dani Berg wrote:
>>>>> > > Hi Silvain,
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Just to keep you informed. I read the SavaneTasks. I have the
>>>>> > > savane-cleanup branch and will start reading the code before I can
>>>>> > > choose any task. Is that Ok?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > It sure is.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > > Btw, there's a small typo in the SavaneTasks in the 2nd   
>>>>> paragraph. "...
>>>>> > > persmissions".
>>>>> >
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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